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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sauce Boat

middle of 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded. On either side are vertical flutings and a scrollwork panel containing flowers and a bird. Another panel is under the spout. Wavy rim with sprays of flowers on the inner sides.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded, Lund and Miller's Lowdin's factory, Bristol, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded. On either side are vertical flutings and a scrollwork panel containing flowers and a bird. Another panel is under the spout. Wavy rim with sprays of flowers on the inner sides.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Length: 15.2cm
Credit line
Given by Messrs P.M. and B.H. Johnson
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.359-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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